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UMKC Connect. Semester Start Basics Access through: UMKC.edu - Scroll to bottom - select “UMKC Connect” Canvas – Course – Look for “UMKC Connect (Starfish)” on Left vertical menu or under Help. Student Success Messaging: Attendance Matters. Class Attendance impacts Student Success
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UMKC Connect Semester Start Basics Access through: UMKC.edu - Scroll to bottom - select “UMKC Connect” Canvas – Course – Look for “UMKC Connect (Starfish)” on Left vertical menu or under Help
Student Success Messaging: Attendance Matters • Class Attendance impacts Student Success • Faculty reaching out to students missing from class reinforces our Culture of Care
From: UMKC advisingSent: Friday, August 16, 2019 10:58 AMTo:Rachel@umkc.eduSubject: I have missed you in class. Hi Rachel,I noticed that you have not been in my class, Introduction to Microbiology ( BIOL101-003-FA2014 ).Are you doing okay? Are you planning on attending? I care about your success at UMKC and want to help support you as a student. Please contact me by replying to this message so we can discuss how we might work together for you to be successful in the class or provide other alternatives to this course. Respectfully, Your instructor, Kim McNeley
Student Success Messaging: Engagement in Class through LMS (Canvas) • LMS activity impacts Student Success • LMS Activity within first weeks of class to confirm • Peer Academic Leaders (PALs) support
Early Alert Warning/Feedback Programs are an institutional response to concerns about retention and to the fact that student disengagement is likely to begin during the initial weeks of the academic year, as indicated by habitual lateness, poor attendance and failure to participate in class activities and complete assignments in a time fashion. These programs have been proven to have a positive impact on student behavior, course completion and retention, especially when focused during the first weeks of a term. (Greenfield, Keup & Gardner, 2013).
Please consider • Setting up office hours for your students in UMKC Connect • Utilizing Feedback Flags and Kudos in UMKC Connect • Engages student’s Student Success Team
Attendance Verification Support • https://ucollege.umkc.edu/connect-attendance-close-flag.cfm • Janolyn Schleicher: for all issues • 235-8649 • schleicherj@umkc.edu • UMKC Central for Attendance Verification or Flag clearing if student begins attending